Work & commute · Shelby

Work & commute in Shelby, NY

Most working residents leave Shelby for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Ridgeway (14%), Amherst (6%) and Albion (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

316 of 2,213 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,897 Shelby residents head out of town to work, 316 work right here, and 2,173 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shelby.

1,897live here, work elsewhere

316live and work here

2,173work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shelby goes to work

Shelby (in town)right here

14%316

Ridgeway6.2 mi away

14%313

Amherst21.8 mi away

6%143

Albion9.7 mi away

5%108

Rochester38.8 mi away

3%73

Batavia15.9 mi away

3%70

Buffalo30.8 mi away

3%70

Royalton8.6 mi away

3%62

Batavia14.6 mi away

3%57

Lockport15.5 mi away

3%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%944

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Shelby commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

35%

30%

23%

12%

35%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shelby is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Shelby are

2,489 jobs are based in Shelby. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shelby’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shelby

2,489 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Shelby residents hold

2,213 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+3%

Jobs based in Shelby, 2013 → 2023: 2,411 → 2,489. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.